A last taste of summer

Autumn has well and truly arrived this week, hasn't it?   I hope you are all keeping warm and dry.  It is certainly the season for slow cooking and I am going to be experimenting with lots of new ideas in the coming weeks - so keep watching.

But for now, I want to show you what you can do with one of our frying pans and relive those (few) days of summer that passed too quickly.

A tomato tart to brighten your day.

                               

Take the handles off your pan, as this is going to go into the oven.  The oven which you will already have pre-heated to around 190ºC. Or use one of our oven safe pans
Place the pan on the hob and gently warm 2 tablespoons of olive oil and a knob of butter.
Halve enough ripe and juicy tomatoes to fill the pan and place these cut side down in the oil and butter.
Scatter over some fresh thyme and marjoram, a teaspoon of sugar and a good sprinkling of salt.  Drizzle in a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar and cook for about 5 minutes.



Roll out some pastry - I used half a pack of Sainsbury's all butter puff pastry - and place it over the tomatoes.  Tuck in the edges and place in the oven.

Cook for around 15-20 minutes until the pastry is golden

Place a large plate ( there will be juice to catch!) over the tart and invert the pan to turn out the tart.

Garnish with basil and serve immediately.

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